This is my friend!!!

She is beautfiul and makes me happy and has been there for EVERYTHING!!! Just wanted to take this time and say THANK YOU and you rock my world and didn't we have fun that night!!! :)

Sorry it too me SOOOOOOOO LONG to write to all of you! Glad to hear things are going so well!!! Work has consumed me lately but I am going to try and make more time to post blogs and email everyone back!!!

Thinking of all of you!

Taking a page from my beautiful friend Parker,
I want to write about the things I am thankful for....
This could take awhile but I will write the basics for now...

My family, they are my rock and strength and

they make me SOOOOO Proud!!!

My sister! She is now an LPN and GETTING MARRIED

and I am just so excited and thankful that I am in her life so much!

My brother and his wife, they are my love and compassion

and give the meaning of friendship and caring a new level.

My little brother who makes me wish I was closer

home but makes me feel good to hear about how much

he is growing and changing and making the Mortensen name proud! :)

My Mom and Dad and Karla...They teach me new things

everyday and are always there when I call about questions

about my boys and what to do in the kitchen. They

have saved many meals for my boys.

My boys: they drive me to be better and make

me feel so full of life by all the energy they have and

the love they give to me through the little things they do.

THEY ROCK!!!

My best friend Missy: she knows how to make a

girl laugh herself silly when I think I AM having a bad day,

she always has something so dumb happen that

it makes me love her more because of it. HA!

My best friend Shannon, ugh! The stories lately

make me laugh and laugh and in a recent study they say

laughing is the best way to exercise so woowhoo to us!!!

An average kindergartner laughs 300 times a day, an

adult only 17. I am proud to say that Shannon

pushes us OVER AVERAGE!!!

The weather, I am so glad I live in a place where it

has seasons and the area is just beautiful!!! Fall

has come and the leaves are BEAUTIFUL!!

FOOTBALL: I like football. It makes me happy. :)

My partner in crime Godoy: What can I say? For

a boss he rocks and as a friend and partner he is the

best! He makes me want to be better at what I do.

Life

Miss you all and hope you can think of a few things you are thankful for! Happy Turkey month!

Happy Halloween!!!

Hello everyone! Just writing to say things are busy and the weather is getting cold but all is well. I am super busy but things are good and I am staying out of trouble.

Hope all is well in your world and things are going well!

Much love and talk w/you all soon!

MUAH!!!

The Wedding is OVER and all are well!!!

The bride and groom are happily married, the community center is cleaned and everyone has gone home. It was a great affair and everyone had a good time and nothing too wild and crazy occured! The wedding was beautiful and the colors were wonderful!

Thanks to everyone that donated so much of time and energy into it. I know my family appricates everyone who helped make this day so special. I will be posting pictures soon!

Much love!

Almost a MONTH later and here is an UPDATE!!!

Sorry my life is CRAZY at the moment and I have been working 6 days a week and when I am not working, I am sleeping for my 7 hours I have to myself a day.

My trip BACK to Ca was good and my mom rode out with me and that ROCKED!! We headed to Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula and that was AMAZING!!! She got the chance to walk in the ocean and pick up shells and other rocks along the beach. Can't wait until she comes out again!!!

I will add some pictures of the time in the coast when I get them developed! The picture above is not my personal picture but one from the interent. This is the Hershey Kiss Mobile we saw along the way back to CA. It was pretty crazy to see it driving down the road!! You should have seen my mom trying to take pictures of it. Now that was just as funny!

That's it for now.

Hope all is well in your world and you find some time to enjoy the things you love and re-fill your spirit!!!

Talk w.you all soon!!!

I MADE IT!!!

Hello everyone!!!
Just wanted to let you all know I made it to Mpls
and had a very relaxing day of doing nothing. It was SO nice!
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Sarah, who rocks my world and made my trip go OH SO FASTER by driving most of the way while I slept so I could rock the rest of the trip out when I became solo. What a friend! My time at home is going to be full and crazy but I am shooting to soak up some sun while I am here and help with the wedding planning. GOODTIMES!!!
Hope all is well and talk w.you SOON!!!

I love the way Minneapolis looks at night! 1 Day to Go and

my FIRST Earthquake!


Yeah, I said Earthquake;

it was yesterday night at 8:06 pm and registered at a 4 on the scale. The epicenter, position on the surface of the earth where it starts, was 3 miles west of Glen Ellen, Hanna is 3 miles from Glen Ellen, so right down the road! How exciting! I was taking a friend to the airport and we were in a shop 2 miles on the other side of Hanna when all of the sudden the mirror on the wall started to shake and glasses started to clink together, just like a big truck was going by...

We looked at each other and thought it was strange that everything was moving and then the sales lady

said that that we just had an earthquake.

It wasn't scary at all. Just kind of weird and like a

train/truck rumbling outside the building.
Overall, it was not bad for my first experience.

A scale so you get an idea of the size of the quake...

Earthquake Magnitude Classification

0 - 3 Micro

3 - 3.9 Minor
4 - 4.9 Light
5 - 5.9 Moderate
6 - 6.9 Strong
7 - 7.9 Major

8 and higher Great

Ok...on to the main event...

Well it is almost here...Time for the rode trip home!!!

I am ready for a little R&R in Minneapolis and to get back to Children's World. I am excited to teach again and to see how much my children have grown! But the thing I am most excited about is being done at 6 everyday! :) It will be a change from my normal 12-14 hour days that end at 10:30pm. 9-6 is ideal at the moment, only if the real world work like that and paid you what you THINK you are worth! Don't get me wrong, I love Hanna and what I am doing but a raise would be nice with all the things I have going on and that lately every thing needs some money sent its way. To be rich and not worry about bills...the life of some people! Oh well, I think I am better off being happy and poor! It seems to work for me and I have so much fun being me!

Hope all is well and will talk w.you guys soon!!!

Have a great weekend!

Check out this site for more Earthquake info...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/glossary.php#class